# Eve, a word please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284 "2003-05-01T02:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![KAndre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@KAndre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KAndre)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/201 "2003-05-05T14:24:55Z")
Remember… Good…Bad…I’m the guy with the gun. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/202 "2003-05-05T18:32:41Z")
Always drink **upstream** from the herd. Remember, you can’t always get what you want, but sometimes, you might find, you get what you need. A kind word and a gun will get you more than a kind word alone. --supposedly Al Capone BUT A lawyer with a briefcase can steal more than 100 men with guns – Mario Puzo, The Godfather (roughly, from memory) ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/203 "2003-05-05T18:33:57Z")
Don’t fear the reaper. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/204 "2003-05-05T19:03:21Z")
Be afraid, be very afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/205 "2003-05-05T21:02:33Z")
No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style. Never trust a dead body. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/206 "2003-05-05T21:04:22Z")
A bird in the hand… will give you a handful of bird shit. ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/207 "2003-05-05T21:49:11Z")
Let your love fly like a bird on the wing ---
**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/208 "2003-05-05T23:35:30Z")
The way to Neverland is second star to the right, and straight on 'till morning. When they tell you that the survey with your job application doesn’t matter for anything? Don’t believe them. “Because I said so” becomes a lot more reasonable once you’re a parent. ---
**Author:** ![Marvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/209 "2003-05-06T00:31:16Z")
And for those who want something original, here?s part of my post from a child-raising thread: Discipline isn?t the absence of love; it?s the presence of giving a fuck. Patty ---
**Author:** ![Escapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Escapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Escapee)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/210 "2003-05-06T02:16:14Z")
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you should never pick your friend’s nose! ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/211 "2003-05-06T05:20:32Z")
If it jams, force it. If it breaks… it needed replacing, anyway. You don’t have to out-run the bear… you only have to out-run your hiking buddy. ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/212 "2003-05-06T06:15:21Z")
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. If you’re sitting at a poker table and can’t figure out who the sucker is, it’s you. Do not inhale saliva. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/213 "2003-05-06T06:45:04Z")
If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/214 "2003-05-07T05:16:45Z")
don’t run with scissors don’t eat the paste don’t play ball in the house ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/215 "2003-05-07T05:48:30Z")
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ---
**Author:** ![Penguin\_assassin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5e9695/32.png) [@Penguin\_assassin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penguin_assassin)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/216 "2003-05-07T06:49:03Z")
Never pat a burning dog! Eat well! Exercise daily! Die anyway! ---
**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/217 "2003-05-07T07:01:26Z")
The early bird gets the worm, the late worm lived. There’s nothing for getting something done like starting to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Pebbles131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pebbles131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pebbles131)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/218 "2003-05-07T10:06:49Z")
Never trust a dog to guard your dinner You cant hide brocolli in a glass of milk ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/219 "2003-05-07T11:46:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t piss on a sparkplug. It is okay to do this if the engine ain’t running. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284/220 "2003-05-09T19:41:55Z")
> [@](#): > > With a square 9 volt battery and a little ingenuity, you can electrify a fudgesicle. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-a-word-please/172284.md?page=12)